Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2024 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHLDV7RDUS8780 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Day cab
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenOct 17, 2023
CA
Last seenSep 17, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHLDV7RDUS8780
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2024
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 27, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
3AK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JHLDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
US8780

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
FREIGHTLINER

Prefix basis · 8,447 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 8,447 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 8,447 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 8,447 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 8,447 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2024

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Cascadia

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 17, 2023 – Sep 17, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 17, 2025CAII · Walk-around1WESTERN EXPRESS TRANSPORTERS INC 1136287YP81989/CA
Jul 1, 2025CAI · Full2OOSWESTERN EXPRESS TRANSPORTERS INC 1136287YP81989/CA
Jun 26, 2025CAI · Full3WESTERN EXPRESS TRANSPORTERS INC 1136287YP81989/CA
Mar 12, 2025AZII · Walk-around1OOSWESTERN EXPRESS TRANSPORTERS INC 1136287YP81989/CA
May 27, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0WESTERN EXPRESS TRANSPORTERS INC 1136287YP81989/CA
Oct 17, 2023CAII · Walk-around1WESTERN EXPRESS TRANSPORTERS INC 1136287YP81989/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
WESTERN EXPRESS TRANSPORTERS INC1136287Oct 17, 2023Sep 17, 20256AZ
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
YP81989CAWESTERN EXPRESS TRANSPORTERS INCOct 17, 2023Sep 17, 20256
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 27, 2026